Core Documents on European and International Human Rights 2017-18

Rhona Smith is Head of the School of Law at Newcastle University

Preface.- PART 1 GENERAL INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS.- UNITED NATIONS.- Charter of the United Nations Organisation 1945.- Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948.- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966.- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966.- REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS.- EUROPE.- Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950 (as amended by Protocols 11 and 14) (Council of Europe).- Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union 2000.- THE AMERICAS.- American Convention on Human Rights (Pact of San José) 1969.- AFRICA.- African (Banjul) Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights 1981.- LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES.- Arab Charter on Human Rights 2004.- ASIA (Association of South East Asian Nations — ASEAN).- ASEAN Declaration on Human Rights 2012.- PART 2 INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON SPECIFIC RIGHTS.- Slavery, Servitude, Forced Labour and Similar Institutions and Practices Convention 1926 as amended by the Protocol amending the Slavery Convention 1953.- ILO Convention No. 29 concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour 1930.- ILO Convention No. 87 on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention 1948.- Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 1948.- ILO Convention No. 98 on Rights to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention 1949.- ILO Convention No. 100 on Equal Remuneration 1950.- ILO Convention No. 105 on Abolition of Forced Labour 1957.- ILO Convention No. 111 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) 1958.- UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education 1960.- ILO Convention No. 138 on minimum age 1973.- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 1984.- ILO Convention No. 182 Concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour 1999.- Declaration on the Right to Development 1986.- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006.- REGIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON SPECIFIC RIGHTS.- EUROPE.- European Social Charter 1961.- European Social Charter (revised) 1996.- European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 1987 (as amended).- THE AMERICAS.- Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture 1985.- Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons 1994.- PART 3 INSTRUMENTS APPLICABLE TO SPECIFIC GROUPS.- UNITED NATIONS.- Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees 1951.- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 1965.- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1979.- Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief 1981.- Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989.- International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families 1990.- Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious or Linguistic Minorities 1993.- International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities 2006.- Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007.- REGIONAL INSTRUMENTS.- EUROPE.- European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages 1992.- European Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities 1995.- Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence 2011.- Dublin Regulation (EU) Establishing the Criteria and Mechanisms for Determining the Member State Responsible for Examining an Application for International Protection Lodged in One of the Member States by a Third-Country National or a Stateless Person (recast).- AFRICA.- Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa 1969.- African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa 2009.- African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990.- THE AMERICAS.- Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women “Convention of Belém Do Parà” 1994.- Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities 1999.- PART 4 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING MECHANISMS.- Constitution of the ILO (International Labour Organisation) 1919 (extracts).- UNESCO Decision 104 Ex 3.3 Study of the procedures which should be followed in the examination of cases and questions which might be submitted to UNESCO concerning the exercise of human rights in the spheres of its competence, in order to make its action more effective 1978.- Human Rights Council, General Assembly Resolution 60/251 (2006).- "" development="" goals.- index.